The Oregon daily journal., October 23, 1912, Page 21, Image 21

.; THE;' OREGON DAILY TOURNAL,- PORTLAND. WEDNESIY - EVENING, OCTOBER. 23, 1912.
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Brief Items of Tuesday's Late News
Short Storle of World Happenings
day's Issue of
Political.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson spoke
at Alpena, Mich., Tuesday night in be-
lf of the reelection of Prealdent Taft
confining hit address to a discussion
of the issues between the Republican
and Democratic parties, making no ref
erence to the Roosevelt Progressive par
ty. Voting machines will not be used next
' month in Chicago. The supreme court
of Illinois allowed the petition for .a
writ of mandamus to compel the elec
tion commissioners Of Chlpago to sub
stltute paper ballots and the regula
tion ballot boxes for-mechanical -oon-trlvances
formerly purchased. The de
cision abrogates a contract for the pur
; chase of 1000 machines at $1000 each
and leaves the board with 603 machines
-on hand for which It paid $460,000.
By letter and by telegram Governor
"Wilson Is being urged from many parts
of the country to resume his speaking
campaign. The demand for speeches,
the governor said Tuesday night, has i
Increased in the last few days, and his
- campaign managers are being bombard-1
ed with requests. He said he had no
change of plan to announce as yet.
- United States Senator La Follette, in
a speech at La Crosse; Wis., Tuesday
night said he would not vote for Roose-
ivelt. Taft or Wilson. He compared the
suppression of competition through Uhe
growth' of trusts to a huge cancer, the
Jjeatment of which requires great skill.
Senator La FoHette said he believed
In a protective policy, but believes It
should be gauged on the basis of the
real difference between the cost of pro
duction here and abroad.
. Judge William Wilson Black, of the
'Saohomish superior court, who was
nominated In the September primary for
governor of Washington on the Dem-
- ocratio ticket, but was found Ineligible
by the supreme court because of his
Judicial position, has announced his can
didacy for state supreme court Justice
, to fill the va&ncy caused by the death
of Chief Justice Ralph O. Dunbar.
Eastern.
A distinct earthquake was felt In
central Georgia Tuesday night No
damage to property or loss of life has
been reported.
Mrs. W. R. Cox, who was found un-
conscious in her home at Sallna, Kans.,
after having been shot, told the police
that she had been fired upon by her
Close friend, Mrs. Carl Ward, who a
short time later committed suicide by
' shooting herself and Jumping into a
cistern.
The department of publlo works of
, New York city has Just completed a
series of surveys which it declares show
that the Liberty street side of the big
Singer building, projects 15 ..Indus. b
.yond the building line. In a few days,
; formal legal notice will be served upon
7 the owners that they must pare down
the building or the city will do It for
them.
A dividend of $S a share, payable
November SO to stockholders of record
' November 9, has been declared by the
Prairie Oil St Gas company at Inde
pendence, Kans.
Charles H, Senff, former associate of
the Havemeyers, In the sugar busi
ness, left an estate valued at $12,000,
tOO, according to the appraisal Just
filed at Whltestone, N. T.
The proposed change In the law gov
erning the Modern Woodmen of Amer
ica is a direct violation of the vested
contract rights of the members and is
1 wull and void so far as it attempts to
change-the rates witnout tne consent or
the members affected, is a decision of
Judge Bradshaw- of the district court at
Des Moines, Iowa.
After slipping into court twice and
- slipping out again as silently, the Klm
mel climant appeared for the third time
In court at St. Louis Tuesday after-
noon and was put on the stand in the
- effort of an Insurance company of New
York to resist the collection by his sis
ter, Mrs. Edna K Bonlett. of two $10,-
000 Insurance policies on the life of
George A. Klmmel.
Led by Christina Savlcs, a tl-year-old
Servian girl. 40 of her compatriots, de
termined to return to their mother
. country to help fight her battles against
the Turks, stormed the police station
. In Chicago Tuesday and demanded as
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HAVE INDIGESTION
Probably an Upset Stomach That
One Box of Mi-o-na Will Put
: in Tip Top Shape.
; It is really a pitiful sight to sea so
many thousands of people worrying
' about what they can eat and what they
I 'jjan t eat.
i-Dyspeptics, they call themselves, but
do it.. ..J, ': '
. All thTisSeopTenheedlo make" Inein
healthy, cheerful and give them a good
appetite is one box of MI-O-NA stomach
, tablets. " .
The stomach is overworked and run
. down. It needs help to digest the food,
' but mora than that It needs a prescrip
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sistance In collecting their wages for
October to date. The question of wages
was adjusted and the men will at once
depart for Europe. Miss Savlcs de
clared she would carry a rifle on the
firing line, . -...
That If he chooses, some day he may
Inherit the estate and title of Lord
Muncaster, master of an English estate,
was the statement Tuesday of Edmund
Pennington, president of the "Soo" line,
and well known throughout the north
west President Pennington said, how
ever, that he would not attempt to ob
tain the title, but would remain an
American, . - . .
Ernest Polndexter, who says he is a
orotner oi senator Miles Polndexter. Is
under arrest In Washington oharged
with obtaining a pair of shoes and
$11.16 on a worthless check.
Lieutenant Harold Gelger and Cor
poral Ward Rice, of the army aviation
scnool, narrowly escaped death Tues
day when their hydroaeroplane fell Into
tne potomao river from a height of 100
feet A sudden gust of wind disabled
the wings.
The gunboat Nashville ran aground at
Norfolk, Va., Tuesday, and was so bad
ly Injured that she was towed to Hamp
ton Roads for repairs. The Nashville
was bound to Guantanamo with sup
plies for warships ordered to Mexico,
and was endeavoring to make her way
through a veritable network of vessels
at anchor off Lambert's Point, await
ing coal.
John D. Archbold, who was expected
to appear as a witness in New York
Tuesday In the. proceedings Involving
the control of the Waters-Pierce Oil
company, again failed to attend and ad
Journment was taken.
The Mineral Springs race track at
Porter, Ind., is In the hands of the In
diana state troops. Ordered by Gov
ernor Marshall to remain at the track
until all racing had been stopped, the
troops arrived Tuesday morning taking
with them three days' rations.
Miss Rose White, of Bridgeport,
Conn., was shot to death Tuesday night
near that city by members of a party of
five men, said to be from New York.
Three of the party have been arrested.
The other members of the party are at
large. All are said to be Italians. The
woman's body was found by the road
side with five bullots in her head.. No
motive for the crime has been ascer
tained. Pacific Coast.
For the care and treatment of
sick and Injured employes of the Idaho
and Pasco divisions of the Northern -Pacific
railroad, a large,- well - equipped
hospital, to cost $160,000, Willi be in
course of construction in Spokane by
the Northern Pacific Benefit association
within tha next 18 months.
The city council of Seattle on Tues
day advanced another step toward the
construction of a municipal telephone
system and a municipal street railway.
An ordinance was passed appropriating
$1(00 for preparing plans and specifica
tions for a telephone system to be sub
mitted to the voters for their approval
at the city election next spring. An
other ordinance was Introduced appro
priating $300,000 for the construction
of the north section of the municipal
railroad for which $800,000 bonds were
voted two years ago.
His outer skull plate fraotured and
broken and the bullet which missed his
brain by a fraction of an inch blunted
and flattened by being rloocheted by the
inner skull plates, N M. Mason, a resi
dent of North La Grande. Is on tha way
to recovery after an unsuccessful at
tempt at suicide Monday.
One thousand revolvers,, each the In
strument of death in self destruction or
some other form of violence, will be
dumped , into the bay If the suggestion
of City Treasurer John E. McDoUgald
ef Ban Francisco Is accepted. The weap
ons were given into the care of MoDou
gald by the county coroner for sale at
publlo auction under a provision of a
recently enacted ordinance. Mr. McDou
gald objects to selling them and insists
upon throwing them In the bay.
BeciUM sha testtf led ah had - takan
$500 from nor husband's pockets one
night last July,,Mrs. Sydney Smith, wife
of F. H. Smith, a realty dealer of Pasa
dena, . Cal., whom she was suing for
tion that will cleanse, renovate, strength
en and put elasttolty into the stomach
walls.
MI-O-NA is the prescription that will
make your stomach feel fine and vigor
ous, and do it so promptly that you'll
wonder why you didn't try It before.
It stops belching of gas and distress
and makes the stomach, feel comfort
able In' five minutes. It Is undoubtedly
the. greatest stomach tonlo ever given
tojtbe. pubJUaJjxjv. jpecJaUsUnLitomacii
diseases..
It is guaranteed to cure nervousness,
biliousness, night sweats, dlislness and
sick headache, or money back.
Druggists , everywhere sell MI-O-NA
for 60 cents large box. ' Test samples
free from Booth's Ml-o-na, Buffalo, N. Y
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divorce, lost' her application for all
mony,
J. T. Logan, a mine owner of Grants
Pass. Or.- and Miss Rosabelle York, a
ioooTnteacher ". WJlMliW3r-r"W
married In the parlors of the St. Fran
cis hotel at San Francisco Monday
night. They stole a march on their
friends in Oregon by slipping away un
announced. -
For nine teeth, alleged-to have been
knocked out In a fight on a streetcar,
Mrs.- Alice P. Nelson wants the Los
Angeles Railway company to ' pay " her
$20,000 according to a suit filed Tues
day in the superior court
Made delirious by an overdose or
headache powder, Mrs. Carrie Win gard
shot herself at Sacramento Tuesday,
dying Instantly.
Foreign.
The Chinese Junk .Nlng Po Is reported
to. have ...left .Shanghai September 17 on
Its third attempt to cross the Paclflo
to San Francisco, having previously
been compelled t turn back by ty
phoons. .The Junk is a three masted
vessel of about 00 tons, manned by
Chinese under the command of Captain
Toft, a Norwegian navigator.
The Russian crown prince, the Grand
Duke Alexis, is seriously ill at the im
perial hunting lodge of Spala, la Rug
slan Poland, as the result of an accident
on October 15. He then suffered an
Injury on the right side of the groin,
which caused no anxiety until Sunday
morning, when his temperature was
103.6. The crown prince is 8 years old
No trouble is expected on election day,
November 3, tn Nicaragua, according to
a cable from Rear Admiral Souther
land, in charge of the American forces
there. The admiral said, however, that
he considered it wise to be prepared and
would "retain the present force on shore
until after the election.
Miscellaneous.
The Latin-American division of thi
state' department Is observing closely
export trade from the United States to
South American countries on the Pa
cific coast,-with a view to determining
the probable volume of such traffic
through the Panama canal. The value
of goods exported to the countries along
the west coast of South America last
year was $24,349,241.
The Interstate commerce commission
has suspended the proposed Increase of
freight rates on pig Iron, knitting fac
tory products and linseed oil from east
ern points to western destinations; also
an advance on lemons from California
points to destinations in Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho and eastward from $1
to $1.15 a 100 pounds.
Several hundred miners and smelter-
men returned to their work at Ely, Nev.,
Tuesday. The Carpenters' union at Mc
Glll has called the strike off and It is
reported that the machinists have asked
consent from their national headquar
ters to take the same action. There
have been no recent disturbances and
the camp is assuming its normal condi
tion jrapldly. .
Neany zuuo men were ai wora -rues-
day In the mines at Bingham, Utah.
Many former employes of the Utah Cop
per company returned to work, and the
total number of men now at work for
this company is moro than 1000,- The
district is now producing about 50 per
cent of its normal output
Speculation, connects the approaching
return to Washington of President Taft
contrary to arrangements previously
made for a sojourn at Hot Springs, Va.,
with the critical situation in Mexico,
and there are hints of the possibility of
a special seslon of congress to rellev.
the president of a decision as to wnem
er the time Is ripe for intervention.
President Taft's plan for cooperative
banks for the American farmer has been
indorsed by seven governors. Ten let
ters from state executives discussing
the plan have been received at Beverly.
Governor Baldwin of Connecticut Is the
only governor to express disapproval.,
Burglars Tlunder Drain, Or., Store.
(Sd''I1 to Tl Journal.
Drain. Or.. Oct. 23. Burglars, evident
ly two in number, entered thu hurdwaro
store of W. W. Kent oy oreaxing a giass
out Of a rear door. A coilple of revolvers
and ammunition were taken, also some
articles of clothing and shoes of the
probable value ot $30 or $40. No clue
was left.
City Measures on Ballot-Article No. 13
Amendment to City Charter rroposed Whereby Street May Be Vacated
for Public Use; Aimed at the Zleglcr Act.
Section 83 of the city charter Is pro
posed to be amended at the forthcom
ing special election: This section Is
known as the "Zeigler" act and prohib
its the alienation of public property
within 2000 feet of the meander line of
the Willamette river. The contem
plated amendment changes the act so
that a street may be vacated for a pub
lic uso when tho city owns the abutting
property on the street to be vacated. The
following excerpt from tho proposed
amendment explains fully Its purpose:
"Whenever the city shall own all the
property abutting upon both sides of
any part of, a street and such purt'of
the street shall Tbe necessary for the
use of sucb property of the city for a
publlo purpose, the street may be vacat-
led to the manner iaisewhwa-nrovUatUa
the eharter or the laws of the state of
Oregon la force at the time for. the
vacation of streets; provided, however,
that the right herein granted shall only
be exercised when such vacation shall
not Interfere with any improvement pro
posed by the dock commission or with
NEVER. 5T00P TO A LOW OR. UNDER
HANDED DEED EVEtf IF REQUESTED BY
THE HEAD OF THE FIRM ) IS PROBABLY
JUST TESTINC. YOUR. STRENGTH Of
CHARACTER. -
StateMeasures onBallotA rticleNo. 23
Bill for Statewide Regulation of All Public Utilities Will Be Submitted
to Referendum Vote.
Statewide regulation of all publlo
service corporations, with rates to be
fixed on physical valuation of the vari
ous properties. Is the cardinal feature of
the Bill passed by the last legislature,
generally known as the Malarkey act,
which will be voted on one week from
next Tuesday under the referendum.
The need of legislation on this line
is generally recognized. No one has
given voice to opposition on the ground
that regulation Is not needed. Many
other States have adopted similar laws,
greatly to the public benefit. The dis
cussion concerns methods, rather than
principle.
The bill takes the name of one of Its
authors, 8tate Senator Dan J. Malarkey,
who conducted the fight for its enact
ment in the last legislature. It was blt
erly opposed by a few of his colleagues,
and finally passed by an overwhelming
vote. The referendum was then In
voked, largely through the activity of
State Senator nan Keiianer, wno cnam
Dloned the Idea. of a local commission
for Portland. At that time a local
initiative bill was pending before the
voters of Portland. It was voted down
at, the city election in June, 1911.
. raciors in uonnaerwaun.
' Many supposed this verdict ended the
effort to establish a local commission,
but last summer Councilman Daly
sought to establish such a commission
by ordinance. This was declared to be
legally Impossible, and the Daly bill
has since been initiated. It will appear
on the city ballot on November 2, three
days before the Malarkey bill is voted
on by tha people of the state.
Consideration Of the Malarkey bill
therefore Is connected with the local
bill, so far as voters In the city are
concerned, outside voters wui aiso una
it a factor to be considered, with these
Important features outstanding:
The Malarkey bill, If adopted, will
apply to every public utility In the state
that is privately owned, and cities out
side of Portland will remain without the
benefits of such .legislation if it Is de
feated. The state law will be supreme over
a local law In the city of Portland as to
any matter in which there is conflict
of authority.
If the plRn of local commissions Is to
prevail, Instead of the statewide plan,
each city with its own commission, a
vastexpenee will be added to the ad
ministration of the law
Before proceeding further in compari
son of the state and local Ideas, the fol
lowing summary of the Malarkey bill Is
presented. It occupies 24 pages in the
state pamphlet, and details cannot be
given here:
AH Publlo miUties.
Act applies to all publlo utilities tn
state, including, telephone, street rail"
way, lighting plant, gas plant, water
plant or power plant but not to those
owned by municipalities. No new of
ficers are created, the powers of the
state railroad commission being ex
tended to cover the purposes of"th act
All corporations are required to fur
nish safe and adequate service and not
to exceed reasonable charges.
Common user clause for street rail
ways and transmission poles.
Physical valuation to be fixed, after a
hearing, as a basis for rate making.
Uniform systems of accounting, to be
prescribed. Agents and accountants of
the commission to have authority to in
spect records, and to examine officers,
agents or employes of companies under
oath.
Commission to fix depreciation
charges, which enter into question of
rates.
Detailed reports required on unit cost
of each Item of expense. Commercial
units to be prescribed and commission
to fix standard of all measurements,,
with suitable rules to insure accuracy
of meters and measurements.
Ten days' notice to be given of any
changes, in rates, and all rates published
and displayed.
Commission may name examiner to
take testimony for it.
Complaint, on which hearing may be
ordered, can be entered by any merean-
access to the water front or any trans
portatlon terminal."
The need for such an amendment was
first called to public attention when the
public auditorium commission began to
discuss the city market block as a site
for the proposed auditorium. The com
mission expressed the opinion that the
market block would not be adequate un
less portions of the abutting streets
Should be vacated.
At the request of Theodore B. Wilcox
of the auditorium commission,. J, B.
Zeigler drafted the amendment already
quoted. The amendment was revised
and approved by the city attorney as te
form, following which tha city council
ordered It placed upon the ballot.
In view of the fact that the proposed
amendment permits' street vacations
w4tMw ehs eo "f iwit-ewlywhw4
the vacation la for a publlo use and
when the city owns both sides of the
property abutilng the street to be va
cated, advocates ot the measure see no
possible objection to it If there Is any
objection It has not been made publlo
thus far.
HAVING IN THE; MEAN
LAW IN NIC-MT SCHOOL
THE. COMPANYS LAW
ALREADY 'LOST;
tile, manufacturing or agricultural so
ciety, body politic, municipal association
or any three persons, or firms, concern
ing rates or service alleged in any way
to be unreasonable, inadequate or dis
criminatory.
rixlng of Charges.
Commission to Investigate such com
plaint with or without notice, but no
order to be entered without formal hear
ing, at which both Sides may be heard.
Commission given power to tlx rea
sonable charges and regulations as its
Judgment directs.
No -complaint - to be dismissed be
cause of absence of direct damage to
one, who complains.
Commission may Investigate summar
ily on its. awn motion as to rates and
service and order hearing thereon. Pub
lic utility may Itself enter complaint
on same basis as others.
Contempt proceedings provided for
against witnesses who refuse to testify
or comply with orders. Refusal te an
swer questions or produce books pun
ishable as a misdemeanor.
When a new rate is ordered In, to
take effect in 20 days unless otherwise
ordered. It Is to be deemed prima facie
lawful
Corporation or other person affected
may sua in circuit court to set aside
order of commission alleged to be un
lawful, Such' suit must be begun within
90 days from date of order, and to be
given preference over other civil cases
of different nature.
Court . may stay commission's order
for cause shown until final disposition
of case. . If the court suspends rates, it
must require from corporation a bond
to cover all damages caused by delay
in enforcement of the order, and persona
paying charges in excess of those de
clared may claim repayment of excess
whether protest is made or not, If the
commission's order la finally upheld.
Appeal May Be Taken.
Appeal from circuit court to supreme
court may be taken, where case must
be given preference on the calendar.
No witness may be excused from tes
tifying on the ground of incriminating
self, but may not be proseouted on tes
timony given. Such testimony not to
operate as Immunity bath for corpora
tion, however.
Municipalities given power to deter
mine by contract or ordinance the qual
ity or character of product and all
terms of public utility service not Incon
sistent vith state law, also to require
reasonable extension of service and fa
cilities. Stringent rules imposed to prevent
commissioners or employes from using
positions for political purposes, and to
Insure against their having any finan
cial connection with any public utility,
or accepting any favors therefrom.
Unjust discriminations defined and
prohibited, as well as all forms of re
bates, concessions and unfair practices.
Corporations made liable in treble the
amount of damages sustained by . any
person or firm because of failure to .do
as ordered by the commission. Penal
ties are fixed tn detail for violations,
and acts of agents and officers made
the acts of the corporation.
Commission given power to investi
gate accidents attended with loss of
life.
Declared unlawful to charge more
hereafter than was charged January 1,
1911, and any advance or discontinua
tion ot lowest rates of that date to be
changed only after application and hear
ing.
Commission authorized to appoint
necessary agents, experts, engineers, ex
aminers ana assistants ana nx tneir
compensation.
Salary of each of three commission
ers fixed at $4000 per year, as at pres
ent, and $35,000 appropriated, exclusive
of salaries of commissioners, to carry
the act into effect
Expenses Are Compared.
From the standpoint of expense, the
Malarkey bill would seem to offer the
minimum amount, for it adds no new
high salaried officials. The three rail
road commissioners would have their
powers enlarged, without additional sal
ajy. Kxpense would come in provid
ing a working force of experts and as
sistants and. defraying the cost of in
vestigations. For this purpose $35,0o0
was set aside as the outside sum need
ed for the first two years.
It Is manifest that local commissions
for Portland and for every city in the
state would cost many times the sum
provided under the Malarkey bill. Under
the Daly bill, to bi voted on in Portland,
three commissioners are provided at.
$5000 per year each. This makes $15,
OOO'yearty In salaries for ope city, with
a possibility that the other expenses of
a commission in Portland would pile up
almost as high as the expensus of a
sta's commission.
The Daly bill calls for a gross earn
ings tax of 3 per cent on public service
corporations not already paying such
taxes, but friends of tho Malarkey bill
declare this Is only a bait, as the tax
paid by a corporation Is part of the
expense taken into account by a com
mission in fixlnjl. its rates, and. in
creased taxes would be reflected In in
creased rates to be paid by the public.
As to efficiency, it is claimed by tne
advocates ef the-Watarkey bill that Its
state wide regulative feature places It
beyond reach of comparison with the
local idea. Under one head, uniform
rules would be laid down and an eqult-
I able adjustment made to suit conditions
I everywhere in the state.
I Conflict of authority would be avoid-
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the a eneral man acer. ever on the
watch to further. the. intercsis
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ed, and thsre would be no perplexing
questions of authority to regulate where
part . of a plant furnishing service to
a city Is outside the city and perhaps
ouTside of the county. "The probability
that unequal regulations would be made
in different cities If each acted for
itself would be avoided, and all public
utilities in the state would be brought
under control at the same time and In
the same manner, without Impairing the
right of cities to make regulations not
In conflict with the state law.
Advocates of the city plan, on the
other hand, maintain that each city will
be better satisfied to handle its own
pubjio utilities under "home rule," and
that" commissioners elected by the peo
ple of any city, familiar with local con
ditions and having more time for per
sonal attention to tne work than the
railroad commissioners would s have,
would be able to render better service.
Judging by the sentiment of country
legislators and of the country press,
the state outside of Portland wants a
state commission. If this be the sen
tlment. and the Malarkey bill is adopted,
the passage of the Daly bill In Portland
would load Portland with an expensive
local commission as well as Its share
of expense of maintaining the state
commission, with a further possibility
that the work attempted to be performed
by a local commission would conflict
with state law and be nullified.
It has been asserted by some oppon
ents that the Malarkey bill is "full of
Jokers." One of the things most fre
quently mentioned Is the absence of
the "indeterminate franchise" clause. As
the Malarkey bill Is modeled on the law
of Wisconsin, the omission of this part
of the Wisconsin, law has been pointed
to as something suspicious.
Has Been "Misunderstood.'
The "Indeterminate franchise" has ap
parently been misunderstood in some
Quarters as the opposite or "perpetual
franchise." As a matter of fact, It is
a plan whereby a corporation with an
existing franchise may surrender It to
the publlo utility commission and re
ceive in exchange a permit of absolute
monopoly In the business in which it Is
engaged so long as it obeys the law and
the orders of the commission. No com
petitor could be admitted except a cer
tificate were given by the commission
that a public necessity existed for the
entrance of a new company.
"Indeterminate franchise" Jn other
words, is a permit to a regulated mon
opoly. It has rarely been used, and was
looked upon doubtfully by those who
framed the Malarkey bill. It was not
offered as an amendment by those who
fought the bill, and the friends of the
measure point out that if a feature of
this kind is thought desirable after the
bill has been tried out, it can be added
by the legislature of the people under
the Initiative.
The same answer Is made as
to criticisms offered of other
features of the bill, which do
not affect the principle and
are more In the way of additions or
minor amendments. The friends of the
bill contend that the principle of state
wide supervision should be established
at this election and the Malarkey bill
accepted as the basts from which to
Work.
If defeated, it is pointed out, the next
legislature might hesitate to legislate
upon the subject and the slow growth
of the idea of local regulation la shown
by the fact that no city in the state
has yet passed a regulative bill.
The Malarkey bill on the official
ballot is No. 314 Yes, and 115 No,
Spokane, Wash., Oct. 23. At a cost of
$155,000, R. B. Porter of Porter Bros.,
the big railroad contracting firm, has
acquired the elaborate city home of L.
M. Davenport, Spokane restaurant man.
This is one of the largest and most
expensive residences In the west, occu-
PORTER PAYS $1 55,000
FOR HE IN SPOKANE
III 111 If SOI GASSY,
STOMACH CURED IN FIVE MINUTES.
Sour, gassy,. upset stomach, Indigestion, heartburn, dyspepsia; when the food
you eat ferments into gases and stubborn lumps; your head aches and you feel -sick
and miserable, that's when you realize the maglo in Pape's Dlapepsln. It
makes Buch misery vanish in five minutes. - '
It your stomac.i is in a continuous revolt If you ean't get It regulated,
please, for your sake, try Dlapepsln. It's so needless to have a bad stomach-
make your next meal a favorite food meal, then take a little Dlapepsln. There
will not be any distress eat without fear. It's because Pape's Dlapepsln "re
ally does" regulate weak out-of-order stomachs that gives It Its millions of
sales annually. --
PAPE'S
tt CHAIN TRUMGUlfS 09
MAKES DISORDERED STOMACHS
FEEL FINE INJJVB MINUTES,
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pylng grounds a little ever four acres '
in extent The scenlo beauty of the
place, with its waterfalls, sunken, fa'
dens and other jreAtursr U-. sxcalledJa.
few American places. Olmstead Broth
ers, landscape architects of Boston,
beautified the grounds, taking advan
tage of its natural scenic advantage
Davenport was six years building the
house, an enormous structure, built
along old English lines The bouse was :
Just completed last year . ' .
Davenport gets at,uuu casn ana laaea .
other residence property from Porter
for the remainder. Porter's new home
overlooks the city from a nigh south.
hilt He will move into it at once.
CHRISTMAS EXCURSION
To the Old Country.
The Canadian Paclflo Is the direct
route to. the old country.. Make your
reservations now. Ticket Office, Third
and Pine. (Multnomah Hotel bldf.)-
HIS BJffH
To other keeps the skin sine! scalp
io clean and clear, so sweet and
healthy. Used with Cutimra Oint- -ment,
it soothes irritations which
often prevent sleep and if neglected
become chronic disfigurements.
Millions of mothers use these pure,.
sweet and gentle emollients for
every purpose of the toilet, bath
and nursery. S.il: ' ..S1S: S
Ctttteota F a aad OtatnsM htM ttreoraoe . -world.
libtei sample of met mailed Itm, wttfe
12-p. book. . Addros "OuSrors." 4P. BoWos.
f-Tndriod mthTleMfrt w!tCa-
ears Soap SbsrbigSttek, 23e. UbamlakStptslrse.
Glass before Breakfast
tones up the stomach, clears
the head and does you good.
NATURAL LAXATIVE
Quickly Relieves
CONSTIPATION
MYLOVES
50AP